is it ok to leave my badminton bag in the car?

Yes, it is OK for you to leave the bag in the trunk of your car. Just not your racquet...
Issue
1) Even if it is 65-70 out side, the trunk or inside of the car can still gets hot under ths sun.
2) If you leave inside of your in sight, what is stopping me from break you back seat glass to grab it?

 

that goes for any valuables but does it have any effects on the racket??

 

I don't think anyone would risk breaking a car window or forcing a lock to steal ... a racket bag? Especially a bag. For all they know it could be filled with dirty laundry...

But since it's still warm where you live (damn its -10C here), you should probably avoid leaving your rackets in the car. My friend's tennis racket broke when he did leave it in the car during the summer. The frame got messed up or something.

 

I was thinking those exact same words when I saw the title of the thread.

I do leave my racket bag (with rackets) in the trunk but only if I'm parked underground. The afternoons here are a constant 30-33degC (86-90degF) so there is little fluctuation. Exposed to the sun, the inside of the car rises to over 60degC (yeah, I measured). The trunk is only slightly "cooler" at 45degC. Remember that the car is effectively a green-house and worse if you have dark interiors (or if its black).

Neither temperature is good for the racket. I'm not so sure about the effect on the strings.

 

I would not recommend leaving your bag in the car at all. There was a discussion before and the rackets that were left in the car had weaker durability and broke easier.

 

I think it would be fine for short periods of time but I wouldn't keep them there all the time. As said, it can't be too good for the racket or strings.

 

and the most importantly is, will those baddy thefts steal our baddy accesories???

 

courts123

extremes in temperature can affect the resiliency of the strings. Storing a racket in temp below 15 can make the strings play dead unless you give them time to warm up. conversely, temp over 30 will produce a baggy feel as if you've loss tension. Not fun if your in for a serious match!:crying:. Doing this constantly will ruin your strings and will not be great for the racket either.

 

has anyone had their racket break due to expansion of the carbon? its 20 degrees in my house and -20 outside the house when i take the bus..

 

courts123

I've been selling rackets for 13 years and have never come across it. A hairline fracture in the graphite could be aggravated by temp extremes

 

Just take the whole bag with you.

 

I live in CO and soon I'll be getting a lot of snow and cold weather on a daily basis. Would it be bad leaving my racket/racket bag in my car trunk? Even if it is for let's say 7 ish hours since that's how long school is?

 

If it's cold weather without direct sunlight then it's fine

 

Even if it gets really cold? Like even below 0 degrees F? I just don't want it to freeze or something weird and just snap when I take it out then if I do actually leave it in my car.

 

I leave my racket inside my trunk all year round. The temperature here is similar to Weeyeh's , ie 30-33degC (86-90degF), all year round, although it maybe cooler at certain monsoon season around 26degC.

My rackets are 2-3 yrs old. They have not warped, broken etc My tension is 23 and I have recently strung at 24 lbs. I have one high end racket (Yonex Arcsaber 7) and two cheap rackets (Apacs Gold Nano and Ashaway Chrome bla bla - can't even remember the fullname).

However, as far as tension goes, yes, it does get loosen up very quickly. My issue is the same as kooshball, I go straight to the games after work.

I believe, wrt structural integrity, that if you have a chip in your racket, the heat will catalyse the breaking of your frame. My rackets have no chips but my previous rackets lasted only 2 years because of chips and probably accelerated by the heat.

So, if at all possible, keep them in cool place and no sunlight. I cannot be bothered, however.

 

Would you include freezing cold temperatures under cool or no? From all these posts I've gotten that for sure not to keep them under direct sunlight.

 

As long as it isn't too hot or too cold then the rackets won't be affected.

 

Alright thanks!